Get ready to embark on a fruity and refreshing adventure with the Copycat Starbucks Dragon Fruit Drink. This vibrant beverage takes its inspiration from the iconic and much-loved Starbucks mango dragon fruit refresher, bringing you the same delightful flavors, but from the comfort of your home.
What is Dragon Drink?
This Starbucks copycat recipe and its captivating color are created by the magical combination of delicious Dragonfruit, Creamy Coconut Milk, Dragonfruit Powder, Apple Juice, Green Coffee Extract, and Tropical Mango Juice, resulting in a drink that looks as beautiful as it tastes.
The texture of the copycat Dragonfruit Drink is smooth and silky, like a velvety summer breeze. The mix of fresh juices and dragon fruit provides a satisfying consistency that contributes to the overall enjoyment of this drink.
Taste: Savoring the first sip of the imitation Mango Dragonfruit drink, we are immediately reminded of the original Starbucks version. The mango flavor took center stage, offering a sweet and spicy burst of tropical goodness without being overpowering. The dragon fruit subtly enhanced the flavor, providing a slightly tart nuance that balanced well with the mango, the creaminess of the coconut milk giving it a unique consistency.
The mixture of the mango and dragon fruit chunks created a pink drink and velvety consistency, making every sip enjoyable. It offered vitamin C, and fiber as well as a light and refreshing mouthfeel, perfect for a summer cocktail.
Ingredients For Dragon Drink
This Starbucks Dragon Drink recipe is very simple and easy to prepare, just grab the following ingredients:
- Fresh Dragonfruit- Has high health benefits and contains antioxidants, iron, magnesium, and vitamin C.
- Mango puree- or fresh or bottled mango juice from those sold in grocery stores.
- Apple Juice- It is complicated to make natural apple juice, do not complicate yourself and use ready-made juice.
- Dragonfruit powder- This will enhance the flavor and give it that bright pink color. You can find it online.
- Green Coffee Extract- Omit this if you don’t want your Refresher to have caffeine in it.
- Coconut Milk- This ingredient will give that creaminess and texture to our drink.
(Scroll below to the printable recipe card for details and measurements.)
Note: freeze-dried dragon fruit pieces for garnish!
How to Make Dragon Drink?
It was never so easy to prepare these Starbucks drinks!
Instructions:
Homemade simple syrup: Use fresh 1 cup dragonfruit diced, 1 cup water, 1 cup granulated sugar, and 2 tsp dragonfruit powder. If you don´t, find pink flesh dragon fruit, use a little powder to get the pink color for the syrup.
Step 1
In a medium-sized saucepan put water, diced fresh dragon fruit, 1 cup apple juice, and sugar, and bring the mixture to a boil.
Step 2
Once boiling, lower the heat and let simmer for about 12 minutes, until the mixture has thickened, Add 2 tsp dragonfruit powder and stir until dissolved, let cool, and pour into a mason jar!
Step 3
In a cocktail shaker with ice cubes, add dragon fruit syrup, tropical fruit mango juice or puree, apple juice, and creamy coconut milk, shake vigorously, and garnish with diced dragonfruit or dragon fruit chips on top, and ENJOY!
Variation of Dragon Drink
The variations are infinite, here I leave you some of them that are interesting. You will love these other Mocktail recipes: Raspberry Smoothie, and Peach Smoothie.
Try your Favorite!
Milk- You can use skim milk or any other type of dairy-free milk you prefer.
Protein- Add 1 scoop of vanilla protein powder and blend the drink!
Caffeine-Free- Make it for kids by removing the green coffee extract.
Coconut- Enhance the coconut flavor by adding coconut shredded as a topic!
Kiwi- Add some diced kiwi to enhance the tropical flavor!
Notes:
- The great thing about the Dragon Drink is that it can be easily customized to suit your preferences. If you prefer a sweeter drink, you can add more sweetener or even a splash of simple syrup.
- For a tangier twist, squeeze in a little extra lime juice. Those who enjoy a more tropical flavor can experiment with other fruits such as pineapple.
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Dragonfruit Drink
Get ready to embark on a fruity and refreshing adventure with the Copycat Starbucks Dragonfruit Drink. This vibrant beverage takes its inspiration from the iconic and much-loved Starbucks mango dragonfruit refresher, bringing you the same delightful flavors, but from the comfort of your home.
Ingredients
- ½ cup dragon fruit homemade syrup (see recipe)
- ½ cup coconut milk
- ¼ cup mango puree or juice
- ½ tsp green coffee extract
- 2 tsp freeze-dried dragon fruit pieces optional for garnish
- ½ cup of ice
Instructions
Homemade simple syrup: Use fresh 1 cup dragonfruit diced, 1 cup water, 1 cup granulated sugar, and2 tsp dragonfruit powder. If you don´t, find pink flesh dragon fruit, use alittle powder to get the pink color for the syrup.
- In a medium-sized saucepan put water, diced dragonfruit, 1 cup apple juice, and sugar, and bring the mixture to a boil.
- Once boiling, lower the heat and let simmer for about 12 minutes, until the mixture has thickened, Add 2 tsp dragonfruit powder and stir until dissolved, let cool, and pour into a mason jar!
- In a cocktail shaker with ice cubes, add dragon fruit syrup, tropical fruit mango juice or puree, apple juice, green coffee extract, and creamy coconut milk, shake vigorously, and garnish with diced dragonfruit or dragonfruit chips on top, and ENJOY!
Notes
- The great thing about the Dragon Drink is that it can be easily customized to suit your preferences. If you prefer a sweeter drink, you can add more sweetener or even a splash of simple syrup.
- For a tangier twist, squeeze in a little extra lime juice. Those who enjoy a more tropical flavor can experiment with other fruits such as pineapple.
Nutrition Information
Yield
4Serving Size
4Amount Per Serving Calories 168Total Fat 6gSaturated Fat 5gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 0mgSodium 55mgCarbohydrates 29gFiber 1gSugar 20gProtein 1g
Nutrition information isn´t always accurate!
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